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ihatesissycars said:
Would someone be so kind as to give me the d-low on the likely outcome of this?
I can't get past the bit reference giving the poor, developing countries all our money in the hope they're going to spend it on us and not a few million Kalashnikovs?
You know Zimbabwe?I can't get past the bit reference giving the poor, developing countries all our money in the hope they're going to spend it on us and not a few million Kalashnikovs?
You know Harare the capital city?
That's us that is, in 5 years.
ihatesissycars said:
I can't get past the bit reference giving the poor, developing countries all our money in the hope they're going to spend it on us and not a few million Kalashnikovs?
I think we are one of the poor, developing countries.We're going to spend our share of the G20 cash in benefits and meaningless quasi-government jobs.
With credit to bosscerbera, this paints a good picture of how fecked we really are:
bosscerbera said:
To put countries' financial predicaments into perspective, perhaps think of countries as being like people.... GDP = wages; Ext Debt = Debts; Foreign Exchange/Gold = Savings; Trade Surplus/Deficit = Cash at Bank.
In these illustrations, each £1,000 = $100 billion
China
Salary ................. £70,430.00 ($7.04 trillion)
Debts ................. £3,630.00
Savings ............... £14,930.00
Bank ................... £3,633.00
Australia
Salary ................. £7,668.00
Debts ................. £7,579.00
Savings ............... £711.50.00
Bank ................... £509.60 DR
UK
Salary ................. £21,470.00
Debts ................. £104,500.00 ($10.45 trillion)
Savings ............... £470.40
Bank ................... £1,110.00 DR
USA
Salary ................. £138,600.00
Debts ................. £122,500.00
Savings ............... £658.90
Bank ................... £7,471.00 DR
In these illustrations, each £1,000 = $100 billion
China
Salary ................. £70,430.00 ($7.04 trillion)
Debts ................. £3,630.00
Savings ............... £14,930.00
Bank ................... £3,633.00
Australia
Salary ................. £7,668.00
Debts ................. £7,579.00
Savings ............... £711.50.00
Bank ................... £509.60 DR
UK
Salary ................. £21,470.00
Debts ................. £104,500.00 ($10.45 trillion)
Savings ............... £470.40
Bank ................... £1,110.00 DR
USA
Salary ................. £138,600.00
Debts ................. £122,500.00
Savings ............... £658.90
Bank ................... £7,471.00 DR
ihatesissycars said:
Would someone be so kind as to give me the d-low on the likely outcome of this?
I can't get past the bit reference giving the poor, developing countries all our money in the hope they're going to spend it on us and not a few million Kalashnikovs?
As ever, the Daily Mash is your friend in this sort of circumstance, distilling the issues down to real life levels...I can't get past the bit reference giving the poor, developing countries all our money in the hope they're going to spend it on us and not a few million Kalashnikovs?
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts-%26-entert...
Bing o said:
With credit to bosscerbera, this paints a good picture of how fecked we really are:
Please can someone tell me the above is over egging it some what......I knew we were in the preverbial but holy cow batman bosscerbera said:
To put countries' financial predicaments into perspective, perhaps think of countries as being like people.... GDP = wages; Ext Debt = Debts; Foreign Exchange/Gold = Savings; Trade Surplus/Deficit = Cash at Bank.
In these illustrations, each £1,000 = $100 billion
China
Salary ................. £70,430.00 ($7.04 trillion)
Debts ................. £3,630.00
Savings ............... £14,930.00
Bank ................... £3,633.00
Australia
Salary ................. £7,668.00
Debts ................. £7,579.00
Savings ............... £711.50.00
Bank ................... £509.60 DR
UK
Salary ................. £21,470.00
Debts ................. £104,500.00 ($10.45 trillion)
Savings ............... £470.40
Bank ................... £1,110.00 DR
USA
Salary ................. £138,600.00
Debts ................. £122,500.00
Savings ............... £658.90
Bank ................... £7,471.00 DR
In these illustrations, each £1,000 = $100 billion
China
Salary ................. £70,430.00 ($7.04 trillion)
Debts ................. £3,630.00
Savings ............... £14,930.00
Bank ................... £3,633.00
Australia
Salary ................. £7,668.00
Debts ................. £7,579.00
Savings ............... £711.50.00
Bank ................... £509.60 DR
UK
Salary ................. £21,470.00
Debts ................. £104,500.00 ($10.45 trillion)
Savings ............... £470.40
Bank ................... £1,110.00 DR
USA
Salary ................. £138,600.00
Debts ................. £122,500.00
Savings ............... £658.90
Bank ................... £7,471.00 DR
JayBM said:
Please can someone tell me the above is over egging it some what......I knew we were in the preverbial but holy cow batman
Well that includes mortgages I expect, and since our housing values are pretty high here, and a large proportion of people own and not rent, then I can see it being naturally higher and maybe not so hugely indicative.I guess if a figure could ever be realised, what you are left with after you 'settle your tab' might be more indicative.
Still not great though.
Dave
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